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Ira Glass will tell stories on himself at Mondavi Center event

May 9, 2013
Ira Glass will tell stories on himself at Mondavi Center event

Ira Glass of public radio's "This American Life" will get a grilling by author Daniel Handler of "Lemony Snicket" fame.Interviewing Ira Glass is like listening to him on the radio, only better. Glass' voice on the phone from his New York of...

Napa to BottleRock with May music-food-wine festival

Mar 30, 2013
Napa to BottleRock with May music-food-wine festival

The Black Keys are to perform on the Silverado Stage on May 10, the festival's second day.NAPA – Music-loving entrepreneurs Gabe Meyers and Bob Vogt saw an opening: a spot on the calendar in between April's Coachella and Stagecoach music fes...

Crystal Bowersox appears Friday at Harlow’s

Mar 28, 2013
Crystal Bowersox appears Friday at Harlow’s

Crystal Bowersox is playing at Harlow's.She was the one with the dreadlocks, the baby son and the colorful past as a busker at Chicago train stations. Crystal Bowersox, appearing tonight at Harlow's in Sacramento, made a strong impression dur...

Americana original Joe Ely to perform at Harlow’s

Mar 8, 2013
Americana original Joe Ely to perform at Harlow’s

Texas singer-songwriter Joe Ely. Joe Ely, 66, came up in Lubbock, Texas, hung out with the Clash in London and rarely let an experience sit without writing about it. Ely's story-songs about trains, waitresses and wandering reflect 40-plus ye...

Storied Sacramento music studio the Hangar to close

Mar 3, 2013
Storied Sacramento music studio the Hangar to close

The Hangar's owner, John Baccigaluppi, hangs in the control room. He's splitting the operation between the a Marin site and another Sacramento location.It's freezing in the winter, blazing hot in summer. The linoleum is stained and cracked. There...

Grammy gig gives Alabama Shakes a big career boost

Feb 28, 2013
Grammy gig gives Alabama Shakes a big career boost

Alabama Shakes consists of Heath Fogg, left, Zac Cockrell, Brittany Howard and Steve Johnson.There are two kinds of people: Those who have yet to see Brittany Howard sing, and the converted. The 24-year-old Alabama Shakes frontwoman seizes a...

Sacramento’s Hangar recording studio to close doors

Feb 19, 2013

The Hangar, the legendary Sacramento studio housed in large a warehouse space near the river, will close its doors after 23 years. Owner John Baccigaluppi, whose 15th Street space has served Sacramento acts from Far and Deftones to Sister Crayon an...

Shawn Colvin: Graceful melodies, unsentimental observations

Jan 25, 2013
Shawn Colvin: Graceful melodies, unsentimental observations

Grammy winner Shawn Colvin brings her often inward-facing songs to Sacramento City College on Sunday night.People who know Shawn Colvin only from her 1997 hit "Sunny Came Home" are missing out. The song is well-crafted, but very much of its t...

Anton Barbeau lines up a gig at Shine during brief return to Sacramento

Jan 18, 2013
Anton Barbeau lines up a gig at Shine during brief return to Sacramento

Singer-songwriter Anton Barbeau, a key player in Sacramento's music scene in the 1990s, is in the area to perform at Shine coffeehouse.Music surrounds Anton Barbeau, here and abroad, today and always. Barbeau, his mad-scientist mane contained...

Cindy Williams stars in ‘Nunset Boulevard’ at Three Stages

Jan 11, 2013
Cindy Williams stars in ‘Nunset Boulevard’ at Three Stages

Bambi Jones, left, Cindy Williams and Stephanie Wahl star in "Nunset Boulevard" at Three Stages in Folsom.Cindy Williams, 65, spent the 1970s in the thick of Hollywood creativity, acting for directors George Lucas ("American Graffiti") and Franci...



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